[Diesel]

OK, I watched the thing on HBO with steroids and they said that if your a healthy adult male that steroids really arent too bad for you. They said you have to keep things in check and use them not abuse them. But I still hear people say that no matter what side effects will occur and your life will become shorter. What's the truth here, there are many athletes that take steroids and you never hear of them having side effects or dying early. Just seeing what you guys think. But who knows, maybe its just a mystery never to be solved.

Thanks

P.S. - What is the average dosage for a testosterone user? And, what would be considered a low dosage? Just Curious

[pumpingiron]

Good question Diesel...

The doc mentioned maybe right... I've heard stories about older men taking steroids and it hasn't shortened their lives. On contrary, they prise it to the sky.
Since steroids are illegal the media and antidoping organisations will do anything to stop the use, this includes tricks like scarecampaigns for instance.
I think, if used correctly and moderatly, they can be a good thing. Many of the side effects mentioned by various media/organisations are temporarily anyway. But IMO you shouldn't dismiss the fact that it's dangerous and its still unknown to science what the long term effects are. We practically only have information about patients beeing treated. Bodybuilder are taking larger amounts of various compounds and the information we have are the experiences over the decades.
I'm looking forward to seeing other facts...

P.S. - The average dosage depends on the specific compound. T ranges (for normal users) from 400mg-1g depending on your "skill". So a beginner should use 400mg-500mg T EW.

[pumpingiron]

Why is nobody answering this thread... I think it is a good question!

[Blond Bomber]

Well im waiting for Gumbys answer. He seems to know allot about this.

[Q80_MuscleHed]

god knows when is your death day .. not people who thought steroids will shorten your life

good question bro

[GoingBiG]

The dangers of sterois is overhyped, but still it is dangerous when used wrong and in wrong cocktails... There have been studies were steroids are used, but not in the amounts bodybuilders are using...

It's not true that athletes haven't been dying by using doping, mostly the bicycle riders are died when using epo... And some bodybuilders have got som issues from their use also, but again it's hard telling wether the side effects are from the use of AAS or they would have come anyway..

We don't have much information on the long term risks when using steroids

[philosopher]

ive seen somthing like that. older men take steroids once a month the help them keeping young. they used testo. use not abuse. the thing is most people are abusing roids. they dont know much about it and just do what they think is good (what mostly is the more i use the better it is). athletes use them and are serounded by people, docters and trainers who know a lot of roids. the chance that something goes wrong by athletes is a lot less because of the knowledge. imo you have to reach you're own natural boundrys before taking any roids. if you take them, use it well and inform youreself.